Awakening the Archive
The Awakening the Archive series is a year-long project that celebrates the release of the new Suzuki Roshi audio archive, and helps open the pathways for the sangha to engage with this great resource.
Every two weeks, a significant or newly-discovered Suzuki Roshi talk is featured here with an in-depth article giving context, history, and connections. Many of these featured talks will be drawn from the more than two-dozen newly discovered recordings, and several of these you might recognize as the basis for chapters of the books Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind and Not Always So.
These articles are written by Shundo David Haye, a staff audio engineer and core team member of Engage Wisdom for many years, who is also a Zen priest and teacher in Suzuki Roshi's lineage. Shundo has selected and sequenced the bi-weekly release of these specific talks to highlight the most interesting and significant moments in the collection of Suzuki Roshi's recorded voice.
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
OLD - 1971.07.17-serial.00179 |
Jul 17 1971 |
OLD - Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept PreceptsPrecepts |
Jul 17 1971 City Center |
One with EverythingZazen Talk |
Jul 20 1971 Tassajara |
Something Which You Cannot Understand |
Jul 21 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - Real Precepts Are Beyond WordsThursday, July 2, 1971 Precepts |
Jul 22 1971 City Center |
San-Pachi-NenjuCeremony, First Principle |
Jul 22 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - 1971.07.24-serial.00180Second part of talk from this date. |
Jul 24 1971 |
Virtue of Mountain and RiverDogen, Shobogenzo, First Principle, Soto Zen, Rinzai |
Jul 24 1971 Tassajara |
Universal Practice for Laymen and MonksWhatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self. Zazen as a way to find realization and get used to realization. Whether priest or layperson, practice to develop buddha mind, not the small self. Practice, Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch |
Jul 25 1971 Tassajara |
Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of DustBlue Cliff Record |
Jul 26 1971 Tassajara |
Ryaku Fusatsu LectureThe audio of this tape has been improved, so the missing parts of the transcript may be worked out now. Ceremony, Eiheiji, Bodhisattva Precepts |
Jul 29 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - 1971.07.30-serial.00188Second part of talk from this date. |
Jul 30 1971 |
To Attain The Perfection Of Human PracticeCeremony, First Principle |
Jul 30 1971 Tassajara |
At the Time of YakusanNew version of this lecture has been uploaded, which may allow for more of the transcript to be done. Yakusan |
Aug 01 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - 1971.08.01-serial.00187Most likely second part of talk from this date. |
Aug 01 1971 |
Translation of Unknown TextAugust 1971 Ceremony, Priest |
Aug 1971 City Center |
Because Of Our Many Desires, We Do Not Have Freedom |
Aug 03 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - 1971.08.03-serial.00185Second part of talk from this date. |
Aug 03 1971 |
On Bodhidharma's Day |
Aug 04 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - 1971.08.04-serial.00120Second part of talk from this date. |
Aug 04 1971 |
OLD - 1971.08.05-serial.00097Second part of talk from this date. |
Aug 05 1971 |
OLD - 1971.08.05-serial.00169Second part of talk from this date. Duplicate of 00097 |
Aug 05 1971 |
Good Confidence In Your PracticeBodhidharma, First Principle |
Aug 05 1971 Tassajara |
Zen Is Actually, In Short, Maybe, Communication |
Aug 07 1971 Tassajara |
Questions and AnswersQuestion-and-Answer, Yakusan |
Aug 08 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - 1971.06.22-serial.00172Matches the end of transcript from 71-08-12 at Tassajara. |
Aug 12 1971 |
Obon DaysCeremony |
Aug 12 1971 Tassajara |
Speciality and Equality.First Principle |
Aug 13 1971 Tassajara |
Wind Stops, But Still Flower FallsThis audio has been improved, so more of the students' questions may be discernible. |
Aug 15 1971 Tassajara |
OLD - 1971.08.07-serial.00176First words match 71-08-17 |
Aug 17 1971 |
OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00085This is a continuation of 71-08-17, 00177 |
Aug 17 1971 |
OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00098Duplicate of 00177 |
Aug 17 1971 |
OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00099The last part of 71-08-17, edited together with 00177 and 00085. |
Aug 17 1971 |
Why We Must Have RulesFirst Principle |
Aug 17 1971 Tassajara |
Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of PracticeDogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan |
Aug 21 1971 City Center |
Talking To His Disciples About His IllnessSunday, October 9, 1971 |
Oct 09 1971 City Center |
Funeral Service for Suzuki RoshiThis is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death. Ceremony, Funeral |
Dec 12 1971 City Center |
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